These fingerless gloves come
pretty close to instant knitting gratification:
buy your yarn on Friday after work, and by Sunday
evening you can have a new pair of stylish handwarmers
to enhance your Monday commute.

The cables hold the gloves
nicely at your wrist and across your knuckles,
and are excellent for keeping you warm yet unhindered
while knitting, typing, or enjoying a coffee
at an outdoor café. If you have never
tried knitting cables before, this would be
an excellent project to start with. The cable
pattern is simple, and if you make a mistake
and end up having to rip out some rows, it shouldn't
take you long to catch up.

A note about the yarn: Debbie
Bliss Cashmerino Aran is beautiful and soft
and comes in gorgeous colors. The cool thing
about these gloves is that you only need one
skein to make a pair. However, you have to be
willing to unravel your gauge swatch to do this,
because one pair takes an entire skein with
less than a yard of yarn left over. If you feel
the need to keep your gauge swatches, you will
need to buy two skeins. Also, note that the
gauge listed on the yarn label is 18 stitches
over 4 inches, while the gauge for this pattern
is 21 stitches over 4 inches. That's because
smaller-than-recommended needles are used to
create the thick, velvety knitted fabric.

Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran [55%
Merino Wool, 33% Microfibre, 12% Cashmere;
Approx. 98yd/89m per 50g
ball]; Shown in Olive 501 and Black 300;
1-2 balls [many knitters
have completed a pair with just one ball, but
every knitter is different. Buy two, and if you
don't need both for your first pair, make a second.]

1 set of US #6/4mm double-point needles
Safety pin or split ring marker
Cable needle (a double-point needle may be used
if you have a set of 5; only 4 are used for
this project)
Approx. 12 inches smooth waste yarn in a contrasting
color (mercerized cotton works well)
Tapestry needle

Left
Hand
CO 45 sts. Divide between needles, placing
15 sts on each needle. Join to begin working
in the round, being careful not to twist.
After first round, place safety pin or split
ring marker in work to indicate beginning
of round.

Work 4 rounds in 4x1 Rib.

Cable Round: [C4B, p1] to end.

Work 5 rounds in 4x1 Rib.

Work Cable Round.

Repeat these 6 rounds once more.

Work 18 rounds in 4x1 Rib.

Next Round: Using waste yarn, k7;
slip these sts back to left needle and k them
again using working yarn; work in 4x1 Rib
as set to end.

Work 4 more rounds in 4x1 Rib.

Work Cable Round.

Work 4 more rounds in 4x1 Rib.

Picot Bind Off
BO 5 sts, [slip st on right needle back to
left needle; CO 1 st using Cable Cast On method,
BO 6 sts] until all sts have been bound off,
slip st on right needle back to left needle;
CO 1 st using Cable Cast On method, BO remaining
st.

Break yarn and draw through last st. Thread
yarn tail on tapestry needle and sew yarn
tail to beginning of BO round. Weave in end.

Thumb
Carefully remove waste yarn and place resulting
live sts on two double-point needles; there
will be 7 sts below the opening and 6 sts
above. Attach yarn and k the 7 sts on lower
needle; using a second needle, pick up and
k 2 sts in space between upper and lower needle,
k first 3 sts from upper needle; using a third
needle, k remaining 3 sts from upper needle
and pick up and k 2 sts in space between this
needle and lower needle. 17 sts.

K 4 rounds. BO loosely (so you don't cut
off the circulation in your thumbs when you're
wearing the gloves!).

Weave in ends.

Right Hand
Work as for Left Hand, EXCEPT work Cable Round
as follows:Cable Round: [C4F, p1] to end.

This way, the cables on each hand will twist
fetchingly toward your thumbs.

FINISHING

Steam
block lightly if desired.

ABOUT THE
DESIGNER

Cheryl
Niamath comes from an artistic family, lives
with her artistic husband, and works with a
bunch of scientists.